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title: 'Three Observations About the Assembly'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1933-06-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 20'
- 'Jude 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1933-three-observations-about-the-assembly
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# Three Observations About the Assembly

1933 Presbyterian General Assembly reveals a deep modernist–conservative divide over missions and church union. Conservatives form an independent mission board; Machen condemns delays and compromise.

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